&IBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XX.---NO. 7
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DIED.
ASH—On 15th inst., Thomas Forest. infant son of
- Thomas Reeves and Ellen M. Ash. aged 7 months.. s
BOWRN—On Saturday afternoon, the 14th inst.,
William E. Bowen, in the 69th year invited e.
The male friends of the family areto attend
the funeral from his late residence, 1818 Locust street,
.on Tuesday afternoon, the 17th inst.. at 3 o'clock. 4 *
FIELD-At 9 o'clock. Tuesday morning, James Field,
in tae 84th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the famil.are re
spectfally invited to attend his funeral, Friday after
noon. 3 o'clock, from his residence, No. 1022 Race
street. 44 •
HOOD—On the 15th inst., J. Lesson, son of John (3.,
and Eliza S. T. Hood, aged 1 year and 6 months.
Fun eral from the residence of his grandfather, P.W.
Triebels. No. 913 North Sixth street, on Thursday mor
ning, at 12 o'clock. To proceed to Bristol. Boat leaves
Chestnut Street Wharf at 2 P. M. 4*
KONISMACILER—On the 11th inst., at the residence
of her brother, in - Montgomery county, Pa., Christiana
Honiamacher, formerly of Phlladelpoia. *4
LEE—In Burlington, N. J.. on Monday, April 16th,
Thomas Lee, Esq.. aged 68 years. Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery. Carriages will be In reaa Mess, at
-Chestnut Street Wharf; at 85i o'clock, on Thursday
morning next.
S3OHDBE.R.—On the 16th inst. Arnold Schuber, of
altimore, after four days illness; formerly cf
Philadelphia.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited
to attend his funeral -from the residence of Mr
.James Barber, No 932 Lombard street. on Wednesday
_afternoon, 18th inst., at 1 o'clock. To proceed to the
Odd Fellow's Cemetery,
WATT—On the Ist inst., at Charleston, Kanawha
.county, West Virginia, Mrs. Ulrica M. Watt. 4*
'LITRE LANDELL are prepared to supply fain
-EA hos with Sta le Goode, at the lowest prices.
LINEN S
IL INGS,
MARSELES QUILTS,
TABLE LINENS. DAMASK TOWELS,
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
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tatlie poor.
he •
IS - Monthly hl eeting of the Institute will be held o
DNESDAY EVENING, 18th inst., at 8 o'clock.
Members and others having new inventions or speci
mens of manufactures to exhibit will please send the
to the Hall, No. 11 South Seventh street, before -
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apl7.2t/ Actuary.
,WNOTICE.—THE ANNUAL MEETIN — G
the Stockholders of • the BARCLAY COAL
PANY, will be held at their Office, N. W. corner
of FOURTH andWA.LN UT street,Philadelphia MON
DAY, May 7th 1366.,0112 o'clock, noon, at which time
.and place an Electlen will be held for officers to serve
the ensuing year. HARVEY SHAW,
apl7.tu,th,s-9P, secretary.
10. CONCERT HALL!_
HON. JOHN W. FORNEY
WILL
.A ddress the Citizens of ltd.ladelphia, under the Ans
'vices of the
THE. BANNEKER INSr.t etrlE,
On THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1868.
SUBIECT—"HaS the War for Haman Freedom been
- fought in vain?"
Admission 35 cents. Tickets for sale at PUGH'S,
Sixth and Chestnut, and TEXTBEPLEIVS, Seventh and
Chestnut.
Lecture to commence at 8 o'clock,
rOt. LIBRARY COMPANY.—The Annual Elec
tion of Directors and a Treasurer of the Library
-Company ofPhiladelphia, will be helct at the Library,
on Monday, the 7th of May next, at 3 o'clock in
the afteinoon, when the Treasurer will attend to re
ceive the annual payments.
As there are several shares on which fines are due,
the owners of them or their representatives are hereby
notified that they will be forfeited, agreeably to the
Charter and Laws of the Company, unless the arrears
.are paid off on the 7th day of May or whiting ten days
-thereafter. WILLIAM E. 'WHITMAN,
ary.
No books will- be given out or received o Secretn
that
afternoon. apl7-tu,th,s,9t2
c7'" SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY OF
PHILADFI.PHLA."—The Corporatora of "The
e Deposit Company of Pkiladelphia." in compliance
with the requirements of their charter, hereby appoint
- TUESDAY, the hit of May 1858, for the opening of the
books for subscription to the capital stock of said Com
pany, at the office of "THE PROVIDENCE LIFE
AND TRUST COMPANY," No. 111 South Fourth
street.
Charles Macalester, Alexander Henry, John Welsh
Adolph Borie, Charles Borie, George Trott, M. W
Baldwin. Isaac Lea, Samuel R. Shipley. Alfr.d Stille
George A. Wood, Joseph B. Townsend, George M.
Troutman, Charles Wheeler, Win. C. Rent. James W
Hazlehurst, Richard Meade Bache.
aZTR SASIJBY DEPARIMENT, April 16 1866.
Notice is hereby given that the Assistant
urers of the United States at New York, Phila
delphia and Boston, and the Designated Depositary at
Baltimore, have been instructed to discontinue receiv
ing deposits on account of Temporary Loan for Clear.
ing House purposes at five per cent. per annum, on
and after May Ist, 1886. from which date all certificates
-outstanding and unpaid will carry four per eent. Late
rest per annum.
On said let day of May, and nntll further notice; said
Assistant Treasurer's and Designated Depositary will
receive such deposits in lawful money and issue there
for Clearing House Certificates, payable on demand, in
legal•tender notes, with interest at four per cent. per
annum. HUGH McCULLOCH,
apl7-3t Secretary of the Treasury,
GERMANTOWN
• GERMANTOWN ! ! !
he undersigned are delivering to the residents of
'Germantown and vicinity the best quality of Lehigh
.coal, prepared with care for family use at the follow
ing greatly reduced prices, viz.:
. Stove or range Coal $7 75
Broken and Egg for furnace, 7 50
• Chesnut ,.... 7 25
It is believed coal cannot decline further this season,
'therefore the present time seems the best for purcha
'sing the winter's supply.
Adhering to one price, orders by letter will procure
.coal as low as a visit in person.
Address Office, Franklin Institute Building, 15 South
c Seventh street, Philadelphia.
Box 62, Germantown Post office, or at the yard.
Green Lane Station, on North Pennsylvania railroad.
ap2-26trpi BLNES & SHEAFF.
Was Cleopatra "Dark :9,
To the Editors of the .Esening Bulletin:
On reading the excellent poem of Bu
• chanan's, in Saturday's BULLETIN, I was
:struck with the words "dark face" and
• "dark arms," applied to Cleopatra, and had
to ask myself if it was correct. Of course it
•was not in reference to hair and eyes.
Poets have frequently painted her as such,
but those respectable gentlemen are often
wrong. Shakespeare makes Othello both a
moor and a negro—two distinct races. Cleo
patra was a Ptolemy,and lineally - descended
•
from the Macedonian friend and companion
'of Alexander, and though the family had
lived in Egypt three hundred years, unless
there is evidence of intimacy with other
races, she must have been as Grecian as he
was. Does any one imagine that if we Ame
ricans reside here a thousand years longer,
•we will approximate in color to the abori
gines at that period more than we do now:
Again, by her extraordinary beauty and
'talents she enthralled two of the "foremost
men of all the world," who, from their posi
tion, character and manners of the age
, could seldom have been found unfavored
:suitors of any lady. and is it likely a "dark"
beauty of a different race could so long have
enchained them. Again, the mixture of the
Arabic, Coptic and Caucasian races always
- produces a race inferior to either, yet histo
rians have ever vied with each other to
praise her beauty, both of mind and person.
The sculptures of Dendera, which repre
sent her, are of so low a style of art as to be
indecisive of the point; they merely show
-a portly dame of full figure, but the artist
was absolutely ignorant of perspective, and
the face might be Grecian or not.
, lam writing merely for information, and
would like to know what cotemporary au
,thorffy thereis onthepoint.
Thersites, slanderer of States and men,
After brief silence, lifts his voice again,
Pouring the venom of a Copperhead
On living patriots and the martyred dead.
Again he shows, with self-complacent glee,
That loyalty and grammar can't agree,
And in his Addison-Johrusonian style,
Distils diluted treason all the while.
Oh for some stern Ulysses, swift to teach
The noisy brawler how to curb his speech;
Or, better still, to tear the veil aside,
And show the face Thersites loves to hide—
And yet 'twere vain; so thin a mask, indeed,
Thersites wears, that "he who runs may
read ! "
THE LINCOLN INSTITUTION.
Dedication of a Soldiers' Orphan Home
INTERESTING EXERCISES
Philadelphia has the credit of having es
tablished the first permanent institution for
the special care of the orphans of the Union
soldiers and sailors who fell in the late
war.. It has been the proud boast of our
city that she has taken the lead in every
patriotic movement since the war began,
and the Lincoln Institution is in perfect
harmony with all that has already been
done to testify the devotion of our citizens
to the best interests of the brave defendeis
of our country.
Last evening the Lincoln Institution was
dedicated to its future uses with appropriate
exercises. The building which has been
purchased for the purpose is the former
residence of Hon. L. C. Levin, 308 South
Eleventh street. The building is 39 feet
front, with deep back buildings, the whole
lot extending 180 feet. The large garden at
the side and rear of the building has been
arranged as a play-ground. The first floor
iq divided into school rooms, library,dining
room, kitchen, and the upper stories
are commodiously fitted up as dormitories,
bath rooms, laundry, &c. The house is
neatly and substantially furnished, a very
large portion of the various materials being
donations from liberal citizens in different
lines- of trade.
The large front rooms, which were hand
somely decorated with flags, were crowded
last evening by a select company of ladies
and gentlemen. The audience- was agree
ably surprised by the arrival of Lieutenant
General Grant, who had come 'from Wash
ington, at the invitation of the Lady Mena- ,
gers, to testify his interest in the objects of
the Institution. General Meade, the Presi
dent of the Institution, accompanied and
introduced . General Grant, and was then
compelled to leave, being called to New
York by official business. After his de
parture General Grant was called upon .to
preside, but that distinguished General mo
destly declined,remarking, "that it was one
of the things he did not understand."
Rev. Dr. Newton was then called to the
chair, and opened the proceedings by read
ing several appropriate selections of Scrip
ture, after which prayer was offered by Rev.
J. W. Robin. The Chairman then intro
duced Mr. Wells, of the EVENING 8171,
LETLY, a member of the Board of Counsel
lors of the Lincoln Institution, who briefly
stated the facts connected with the origin
and progress of the enterprise, Nine short
weeks ago this work slumbered as a dream
in the mind and heart of a single woman of
Philadelphia, instinct with love to her God,
her country and humanity. Determining
that .the cause was a good one, she had
rapidly given it shape and form. Calling
around her a band of women of like mind
with herself, and men only too happy to
follow in the lead of such women, she had
inspired them with some of her own zeal
and energy, and set them each to their pro
per work. Emulating a well-known
quality of-our great captain, she had known
bow to put the right man in the right place,
and following Gen. Grant's own example,
had secured the services of Gen. Meade for
thechief command. Nine:short weeks had
passed away. The sum of $24,000 had al
ready been collected, a property purchased,
paid for and furnished, an act of in
corporation obtained, an act exempting
the property from taxation procured, and
the first inmates of this Orphan's Home al
ready domiciled beneath its friendly roof.
Mr. Wells went on to explain the exact
purpose of the Institution. It was to re
ceive from the State the orphan boys of
Union soldiers and senora to the number,
at present, of one hundred. These boys
were to receive a substantial English educa
tion, to be trained to habits of integrity,
neatness and order. They would be placed
in good situations at the age of 12, still mak
ing their home at the Institution, which
would receive their wages for their board,
clothing and education, until they were 16
years old, when they would be ready to
take care of themselves.
GERMANTOWN!
Mr Wells desired to state explicitly that
the Lincoln Institution was an Episcopal
one, and that the religious training of the
boys would be in accordance with that faith.
The State Agent. Mr. Burrowes, proposed to
fill the Home with the orphans of Episcopal
parents, of whom there were a large num
ber in the State. But their doors were open
to boys of all denominations, and always
would be. It spoke well for the liberality of
our citizens, that all denominations, Prot
estant and Catholic, Methodist, Presbyte
rian, and Baptist had cordially contributed
to the enterprise upon this understanding.
The Lincoln Institution would be a perma
nent one. As the orphans of our soldiers
and sailors passed from under its care, other
friendless and houseless boys would be
brought in,'and as opportunity afford the
scale of the Institution would be extended.
Mr. Wells was followed by M. J. Mitche
son, Esq. in behalf of Hon. Thos. H. Bur
rowes, the State Agent for Soldiers' Or
-
plums, who was unable to be present. Mr,
Miteheson eloquently portrayed the work
contemplated by the Lincoln Institution.
He explained to the audience what the
State of Pennsylvania was doing in this
cause and paid a glowing but well deserved
compliment to the lady, whose devotion
and energy had originated and prosecuted
this noble undertaking. The speaker's elo
quent remarks were frequently interrupted,
by applause.
The next speaker was Chas. E. Lex, Esq.,
who confessed thatthe Lincoln Institute had
grown up so rapidly as to be a most agree
able surprise to him. He expressed his
hearty approval of the purposes and princi
ples upon which lt was founded and pre
dicted for it an enduring success.
Mr. Lex was followed by Ex-Governor
•GODRAMSTEIN.
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
THERSITES.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1866.
Pollock, who alluded pleasantly to the fact
that'he was not in full communion, nomi
nally, with the present company, but ,de
clared that he went heart and soul with the'
movement. He had no fear that the boys
of the Lincoln Institution would ever be
taught anything opposed to the love of God
and the love of country. Governor Pollock
continued, in an impassioned strain of elo-4
quence, to refer to the return of peace and
the re-establishment of, the national au
thority, and concluded with a graceful
reference to General Grant. This allusion
was greeted by the audience rising to their
feet and giving a round of enthusiastic
cheers.
Rev. Mr. _Mitchell, Rector of St. Mark's,
followed with a brief, but very interesting
address and was succeeded by Rev. Dr.
Howe, wlio amused the audience by con
fessing that he had been seriously alarmed
at hearing that a home for a hundred boys
was to be established directly opposite to
his . own residence. But he had heard
enough' of the ;character-and object of the
Lincoln Institution to be thoroughly con
verted from 'any such objeetion,and he was
thankful that he could look from his win
dows upon a building dedicated to so noble
a use. He rejoiced that he could read the
inscription upon the front of that building,
the "Lincoln Institution" and see the dear
old flag floating above that honored name.
The last speaker was Host. Joseph T.
Thomas, who was glad to be able to claim
a humble share in the work of establishing
this Institution. He had gladly voted to
appropriate $300,000 for the support of the
soldiers' and sailors' orphaxts, and believed
he would have been willing to vote a mil
lion. Mr. Thomas had had the privilege of
assisting in the passage of the two acts of
the Legislature relating to this Institution.
He regarded everything we could do in
such a cause, not as a charity, but as a
solemn debt and obligation, which we
could not possibly over pay.
The exercises of the evening were en
livened by a variety of patriotic music,from
an impromptu choir of ladies and gentle
men who kindly volunteered their services,
under the direction of Mr. James Pearce,
the accomplished organist of St. Mark's
church. A fate cabinet organ was furnished
by Mr. J. E. Gould, for the occasion. The
ceremony of dedication concluded with the
( NS
"Gloria in Excelsis," 'eh was sung with
grand effect by the who company, and the
Benediction pronoun •by the Reverend
Chairman.
After the adjournment, General Grant re
ceived the salutations of the company, who
thronged around him to express their appre
ciation of his kindness in making a long
journey, in order to honor with his pres
ence the inauguration of the Lincoln Insti
tution.
ARTIUSEIEJEIVIra.
Mo. Pruutra's OPERA.—Last evening
the company of talented amateurs organ
ized by Mr. Ferelll performed at Concert
Hall, for the first time, the opera of Linda
di Chamounf. Owing to the sudden and se
vere indisposition of Mina Denegre, the part
of "Pierotto" had to be omitted. But even
thus unhappily shorn, the opera was very
well done, Miss Hewlett, Mr. Schmitz, Mr.
Durand and Mr. Nathan all singing and
acting with great spirit. The large and ele
gant audience was very enthusiastic. Linda
will be repeated on Friday evening. This
evening _Lucrezia Borgia will be performed,
with the same admirable cast that was so
successful a short time ago.
The crowded state of our columns pro
hibits any full review of the theatrical
doings last night, though new and inviting
programmes were given at all the theatres
and at the Academy of Music. At the
Chestnut Miss Maggie Mitchell,the greatest
Fanchon who has yet essayed the character
of "the Cricket," appeared and delighted a
large audience. Tiorougifour acts her
grace, pathos, quick turns of humor, dashes
of temper, flights of fans, and outspoken
expressions of good sense and good feeling
were charming. The last act is not equal
to the preceding ones,
but Miss Mitchell
made the most of it. No one can truly say
they have seen and understood "Fanchon
the Cricket" until they lave enjoyed Miss
Mitchell's personation of the heroine. She
repeats the part to-night. To-morrow the
usual matinee will be given at the Chest
nut, when a capital bill will be presented.
At the Walnut Mr. John Brougham was
welcomed by a vast host of his old admirers,
and his own performance and his own play
went off with grand dash._ To-night he ap
pears in his exquisitely characteristic per
sonation of Micawber in "David Copper
field," and as O'Callaghan in "His Last
Legs." At the Arch one of the very ablest
young actors in America, Mr. L. P.Barrett,
appeared as Lagardere in "The Duke's
Motto," and will repeat the part to-night.
We hope to see him in those characters
which he has made peculiarly his own dur
ing his too brief engagement. At the Aca
demy of Music the grand attraction now is
the acting of the three Ravel brothers, the
greatest pantomimists in the world. In ad
dition there is an unrivalled ballet troupe,
the Martinetti family and the wonderful
"Young America." At the American there
are lively and popular bills nightly. At
Assembly Building Signor Blitz holds forth
to fascinated audiences,
who cannot with
all their wisdom solve the mystery of the
Sphynx.
Facts and Fancies. 111
We are sorry to say that there is a firos
peet of our losing all the fine trees in our
public squares, in a very short time. They
are already beginning to leave.
Steamboat rivalry on the Williamette
river, Oregon, has abolished fares alto
gether. The strife at last accounts was to
see which boat carried the most pretty
women. How can they carry pretty wo
men if they abolish the fair?
Letters received in Paris from Mexico
speak of the extravagance of Maximilian,
who has bestowed fabulous sums upon the
Empress, and expends $2,000 a day far
traveling expenses when he makes a tour.
Too bad in the Empress.i As the Emperor's
better half is reckoned "imilian," we don't
think she ought to ask for any more. To
be sure it is a cheap sort of thing to give
people nothing but "fabulous" sums.
A Paris correspondent of a London paper
writes : Duchess Tasoher de la Pagerie gave
a concert at her splendid apartments in the
Pavilion de Marsan, in the Tuileries, last
Sunday. The beautiful American lady,
Mrs.Ronakis, whose Personal attractions are
enhanceolky her gifts as a cantatrice,
was
the occasion of a perfect ovation. Mrs.
Ronalds's rendering of the fine, '0 transport
qui m'en brass,' excited such rapturous
applause that every one took off Oeir gloves
that they might clap the louder. There
must have- been considerable-deliberation
about that applause. . _
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY
[(From to-day's N. y. Herald.]
Our special correspondence from South
America, dated at Corrientes 26th and
Buenos Ayres 28th of February, Montevideo
the let and Rio Janeiro the 10th of March,
reached us yesterday by way of England.
The reports from the seat of war on the
Plate river are interesting. The Brazilian
Admiral Tamandare reached Corrientes on
the 21st of February, and sought an inter
view with Gen. Mitre, Comtnander-in-Chief
of the allied land forces, immediately, No
movement was, however, undertaken by
the Brazilians, and their inactivity was the
subject of severe commedt; the fleet under
the Admiral being a powerful one, including
some iron-clads :P. The Paraguayans held
out determinedly and made some• very
daring naval sorties, crossing the Parana in
armed canoes, on the vanguard of the Ar
eentines. It is thought the Brazilians
would attempt a passage of the Parana, and
that it would be effected, but with immense
loss to the allies. The Pass de la Petrie was
more carefully watched by the allies since
the success of the Paraguayan ineurpons on
the "invaders." There was a change of
ministry in Brazil.
Buenos Ayres was tired of the war, as her
financial and other material interests were
disturbed and depressed by its continuance..
There was a run, amounting almost to a
panic, produced by French influence on the
Provincial Bank of that city. The merchants
proffered aid to the institution, and two pri
vate banks cameforward,and one deposited
$150,000 in silver and the other offering $250,-
000 in gold if it was needed.
A United States marine, named Murphy,
was killed at a drinking house in Buenos
Ayres. He was from the American war
steamer Shawmut, lying in that port. The
occurrence took place about the 23d of Feb
ruary.
Our advices from Eastport, Maine, state
that a document persuading the English
sailors to join the Fenian ranks has been
circulated on board the British gunboat at
Campobello. Forty men on the Gleaner, an
English vessel, have been put in,irons for
mutiny. A reward 0f,51,000 is to be offered
for the arrest of the capturers of the flag on
Indian Island. Feuians still arrive at East
port. Two hundred and fifty were expected
yesterday from Boston. The Mayor of
Calais,Afe., apprehends serious trouble
from he presence of Fenian in his town,
and he has telegraphed to the Governor for
protection. No disturbance had occurred
as yet. Doran Milan is to address a mass
meeting in Calais. No one is allowed in
the streets of Cornwall after eleven o'clock
at night. Colonel Wheeler is of a sanguine
and cheerful temperament and takes his
imprisonment 'easy. Two 'United States
Army officers appearing on the streets in
their uniform occasioned some excitement;
and narrowly escaped arrest. The examina
tion of the prisoners begins to day.
87Frightful Explosion and' Loss or Life.
A despatch from San Francisco, dated
yesterday, says : A horrible explosion of
what was supposed to be nitro glycerine oc
curred at a quarter past one o'clock to-day,
near Well's,Fargo it, Co.'s building. ,The explosion sook the earth like an earth
quake for a circle of a quarter of a mile.
Samuel Knight, superintendent of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s Express, died in half an hour
of injuries received. G. W. Bell, Super
visor and Assayer, was instantly killed.
Mr. Wallub, Wells, Fargo dr, Co.'s Assayer,
Joseph Elliott, John Gallagher, Frank
Meceher and William Justin were also
killed. Eight dead bodies were so muti
lated that they could not be identified.
Louis McLane, Captain Eldridge of the Pa
cific Steamship Company and Judge Hoff
man were bruised and cut.
Felix Lamar, D. Stacy, Jefferson Taylor,
H. Blane, Clothing dealer ; Captain J. E.
Ayres, Fred. Lei; Frank. Morris and
others, were injured but not fatally. Some
will never be identified, as fragments of
human flesh, bones and brains were found
nearly two blocks distant. Montgomery,
Sacramento, and California streets were
lined with broken glass, scarcely a window
for several hundred feet remaining whole.
Wells, Fargo Jr, Co's horses, and every
thing in the vicinity, animate and in
animate, were blown into fragments.
The damage is estimated at least $700,000.
William Havens, a bitokkeeper of the Paci
fic Mail Steamship Company, is ascertained
to be among the killed. The cause of the
explosion is a mystery. The Freight Agent
of the Pacific Mail Company says that two
boxes; each measnringabout four cubic feet
were aken from the steamer's dock to the
places where the explosion occurred. One
box was consigned to Idaho city, and the
other to Los Angelos. Both were stained
with oil. The contents are not known.
Forty men are now engaged in removing
the ruins.
To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin:—
To have really good coffee that strengthens
and stimulates, the beverage must be strong,
strong in distinction to weak; not dense
enough to bear an egg. Persons of weak
digestion find that weak coffee creates flatu
lence and is a burden grievous to be borne,
while the reverse is the case with strong
coffee. A tea cup fall of ground coffee will
make from five to six cups as strong as at
should be. Of course there are stomachs
which can bear turpentine, but they are
happily in the minority.
Coffee should never be brought in con
tact with iron. Tinned coffeepots that have
been used for some time are apt to get worn
on the surface, so that the iron the tin plate
is made of comes through. When this
occurs,the coffee will be bitter and black,for
it attacks iron,formingan acid very quickly.
This any one can see by putting a - few drops
on a. case knife.
Above all to have good coffee pot, the pot
must be scrupulously clean. It should be
scalded every morning before using, and
once a week a piece of soda as large as a
walnut should be put in the pot and boiled
thoroughly. The result will surprise many
who thought their vessels clean.
LARCENY.—Joseph Myers was arrested
yesterday while in the act of stealing some
washed clothing from the yard of a house at*
Seventeenth and Christian streets. He was
committed by aftld. Lutz. •
SOUTI-1 AIVIVAZICA.
THE PLATE WAR
Interesting from Rio Janeiro an,
Buenos Ayres II
TILE FENIAN EIOVEXIENT.
Late Advice. from the Border, 41-e,
Good Cotlbe.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
CITY BiILLIM:N.
THE FIRST WARD HORROR.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
A :Terrible Array of Evidence.
DeitLeanor of Probst
The Verdict of the Jury
The Prisoner Guilty of All the Murders.
Another scene in the GREAT DRAMA OF
BLOOD that is now agitating the community
was enacted at the County Prison yester
darafternoon. It was necessary to have
the wholesale murderer present at the coro
ner's examination}' for the purpose of iden
tifying him, and as recent*experience had
demonstrated the peril and excitement at
tending his appearabce in the streets, and
his transportatien from place toplace, Coro
ner Taylor wisely determined to conclude
the inquest at the prison. The jurors, wit
nesses, detectives and other police engaged
in th^, case, representatives of the press, the
legal authorities and spectators, were ac
commodated in the Inspector's office, an
apartment that would have been over
crowded by the numbers present had it been
twice or thrice its size.
Coroner Taylor, Mr. Fletcher, his clerk,
and Assistant District Attorneys Wm. Bra
dford, Dwight and Charles N. Mann occu
pied seats at a table at the east side of the
room; the jurors were placed on the north
side, and the spectators and reporters occu
pied the Southern half of the apartment.
The witnesses were accommodated in
another room, and they were summoned
singly to the inquest as their presence was
required. At half-past three o'clock the
prisoner was escorted by a strong guard
mm his cell to the office already described,
and he was seated upon a chair at the south
side in full view of almost every person in
the room. Probst was clad in the coarse
clothing of the prison, having on him no
garments but a muslin shirt and "linsey
woolsey" pantaloons. The windows - had
been opened for the purpose of ven
tilation, and as Probst was in the
full draught, and but thinly clad,
he was observed to shiver. Coroner Taylor
asked him if he was cold, he replied thit he
was; the Coroner then asked if he would
have a coat to put on; he answered in the
negative, and through the weary examina
tion, which lasted frilly four hours, he sat
half dressed in his chair. The prisoner
maintained his usual surly and morose de
meanor throughout. 'When the horrid ma
terial evidences of his fearful crime were
brought before him and laid almost at his
feet, he betrayed no emotion; the sight of
the axes with which he had wrought his
fell purpose only seemed to fix his attention
for a few moments as they lay before him;
the black traveling bag, with its contents of
damning evidences that he was guilty,
guilty, guilty—not only of bloody murder
and of robbery; but guilty of lying by whole--
sale in a pretended confession—lay almost
unheeded before his eyes; while the sight of
the bereaved relatives of his victims, and
the hearing of the horrid details of his
bloody crime, brought no tear to his eye
and no quiver to his lip. He would gen-,_
erally raise his eyes to look for a moment
upon some new witness, as he or she was
announced; and critical points of the testi
mony seemed to excite interest for a mo
ment; but hesoon relapsed into stolidity and
apparent indifference, and he seemed much
more prone to laugh, when any momentary
cause for mirthfulness would arise, than to
look saddened when: he should have been
crushed with :remorse and horror at his
huge crime.
How well the deteb tives have done their
work will appear by a perusal of the evi
dence given below. The butcher must
have thought that when he had swept away
every member of - the doomed family, rrom
the strong father in his field to the little
babe in its cradle, and hidden their mangled
forms from the sight of men under the con
venient bay, that be was safe in flight. We
- watched him closely, yesterday, as it was
shown to him how "murder though it have
no tongue, will speak with most miraculous
organ." Almost every step that had been
taken by the head of the fated family, from
the time he left his happy home on that
fatal morning, until he returned to it for the
last time, was traced; and the fact that Miss
Dolan had accompanied him home was
made manifest. The murderer himself
was tracked almost hour by hour from the
time be turned his back upon the desolated
homestead "down the Neck." The harlots
upon whom he had spent his blood-stained
money were brought in judgment against
him, where he had drank and where he had
slept and ate were laid bare before him.
How the poor plunder for which he had sold
his soul and from the possession of which
he had expected so much coarse pleasure,
bad turned to ashes on his brutal lips, and
was shown him; and how these purloined
articles had fastened his unassisted guilt
upon him beyond possible doubt was ap
parent to him. But we do not believe that
the cruel wretch realized the atrocity of his
crimes, or that he cared to understand, last
night, how every link in the chain of evi
dence againg him had been strengthened
and rivetted afresh, and how-every mesh
in the net set for the feet of the murderer
had been strengthened until escape for the
guilty was hopeless. The evidence elicited
yesterday afternoon and last evening will
be found. below.
The Testimony.
The first witness examined was Mrs. Elizabeth Do
lan. 'lbis is the mother of the murdered woman,
Elllzabeth Dolan. Mrs. Dolan was aressed In deep
black: and appeared great's , depressed In spirits. She
was affected to tears when brought into the room where
the inquest was held. After being duly sworn she tes
tified as follows:
I reside at Burlingson , N. J.,with Mrs. Tracy, in Pearl
street; lived at Mr. Deering'a house since ii.eptember
last; knew Anthony Probst well; Probst has been stx
months last Friday at Mr. Dearing's house. t rise ,at
tention of witni ss was then directed to Probst, when
she started and said, "Yes, that is my daughter's mur
derer.") On the 4th of April last, witness endeavored
to induce Mr. Deering to get rid of Probst, as she did
not like his looks; be wore a bat always in the house,
kept it pulled over his eyes, and never looked np;. I al
ways felt that he might at some time do Mr. Deering
some injury; Probst had a dislike to Mr.
Di ering's eldest child; never saw any had habits in
Probst, but fit suspicious of him because he never
raised his head; witness say , her daughter last when she
left Burlington to return to Mr Deering's residence;
saw her afterwards when dead in the ice-box at the un
dertaker's; her daughter was dressed in a black dress.
had on a black velvet bonnet, ornamented with flow
ers; furs and black cloak.
The articles of dress worn by her murdered daughter
were here exhibited, all of which were readily ideiti.
fled by the wl ness. Another bonnet was also Went!.
fled as belonging to the daughter of witness.: Wit ness
stated that ner daughter; when leaving Burlington to
return to the clt7.. had with her two Wand one t2O bill.
- She had them s..A a pocketbook, placed in a black
satchel. which she brought to the city with her; knew
shethad the money, because .she handed It to her
F. L. FETHELSTON. Publisher
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
daughter. Daughter of witness also bad a gold chain
tingerLings, and I. everal little wesents for Mr. Deer"
ing's children. 'Witness here recognized a pocketbook
kund on prisone articles property of her daughter.
left
bynumber of found in the black satchel left
by Probst at Leek feid's saloon were here shown to
witness, and readily recognized as the property of Xt.
Deering. Among them were a snuff-box. re-it-hand
kerchief, razor, red shirt, comb, powder-flask, pistol,
snoe-brush, shirts,4c.
Witness ttihed tha Mr. Dpg kept the pistol
loaded at the head ofhis t
bed every eeri night: he had ano
ther g idol about the house: Mr. Deering had two long
shot guns; witness could not ecogoize a coat shown as
the property of Mr. Deering, the satchel which Mrs.
Dolan's daughter bad with her when she left Burling
ton contained her own clothes,• witness recognized
aomejeweiry found In the satchel as the property Of
Mrs. Deering, and the black satchel left by
..Pronsc as
Leckfeld's was Dolly identified as the property of her
daughter; two axes were shown "witness and readily
reconized by her as belonging to Mr. Deering; one. the
smaller one, the axe used by Probst in the murder,
was need for breaking coal; the witness recegnized a
cap as the property of the murdered boy, Cornelius,
and a hat as belonging to Mr. Deering
A light coat, containing marks of blood, Waa reCulr'
mud as belonging to Probst, and a pair of pants were
also recognized as belonging to the prisoner. Mr,.
eering's shoes were also recognized. Witness fre
quently saw Mr. Deering handle money: has seetehlra
as long as two hours at a time minting money sits
table; has counted thousands of dollars in the presence
of Probst; Mr. Deering made no secret of his money
affairs, but counted it treqeuntly before Probst; in the
first week of October last Mr. Deenng told Probst to'
eave; he had set bim to do anpaallj nb refusedng od
in a abed, while it rained, anWProbst to d 14
ibis exasperated Mr. Deering and betel , ' him to leave;
he packed his things and was leaving,and when he went
out of the gate he struck the gate post in a menacing
manner and glaned suchthink that he a„ vindictive look at the
to-use as made witness brooded mis
chief.
Witness was at Horne's, h e rndertaer's. and saw
the &dies ice; recognize daughter there, and
the rest of the Deering family, at Mr. Gartland's, the
undertaker's; witness stated that Probst and the boy
Cornelius always worked together, and never' attar
reisd; Cornelius was a fine boy, sad was much liked;
when William lett the house to go to his uncle's Probst
asked It he was going there to stay; while witness WAS
at Mr. Deetings bowie ahe never saw anything like a
li quarrel between Probst and the family: there was
communiattlon between him and the rest of the
iamily.
Mr. Theo. Mitchell, a filrmed—lte aides at No. lede
Arch street: knew Mr. Dering, a owned place
where ir e Deering lived: e saw Mnd
r. Deering the
Lass en
Saturday, 7th inst. between 9 ands o'clock; he was in
the Debit of calling once a week to make settlements;
he rented the place by paying one half its valae, with
the understanding that he was to carry it on by hav
ing the capital furnished him to purchase cattle, the
profits being divided between witness and Mr. Deer
tog; at quarter before 9 o'clock on Saturday morning
steamboat d that he must meet a young woman at the
at 9 o'clock; toldbim he had better make
haste, as be kad little time; Deering reported the sale
of two cattle valued at 195, and returned 06; Deering
inked for creoit tor the amount; he said he wanted
about. $lO, which tie received and was charged with,
and got the money in small notes: Deering had no
bank account; alibis financial operations were through
witne: sometimes Deering made sales f.x gio,Ouo, and
from i hat to t 1.00; he often brought large sums to wit
ness; frequently made payments of St,ooo 12,000 and
as,Oto: witness often visited Deering's place; is not cer
tain whether he ever saw Proust there; has seen a
man that resembled Probst; witness could not recog-
nize the golo watch abown as Mr. Deering's; Mr
Leering had on a °ark grew snit when last.he saw
hint.
Mrs. Dolan recalled, and recognized the gold audit
as belonging to her daughter, and thought the gold
watch beioiged to Mr. Deer,ng; her daugnter brought
the chain from Dublin.
Abram hvart—Resldes near Stone House lane, and
knew Ni. Deering; saw Mr. Deering alive last Friday
morning week, and not since, until the busies were
found under the has; his wife asked hint on Friday
where the Detrings were, as their windows were open
and no persona were seen, and no one of the family
came for the papers; they went over and found nooody
there. but went to the stable and found the cattle and.
ha HES nearly starved; this was about eleven o'clock;
found the trough dry as though It had not been used
fur some time; got a bucket of water and went to the
stable; the lint horse I met was untied, but hid a halter'
on him: the horse drank ten bucketa of water. end
another drank for fifteen minutes; all the horses - were
very thirsty; carried four buckets of water to the colt,
ano would not give him any more; gave the horses
bay, sad got into the shed where Mr. Deering and Miss
.Islizabeth Dolan we , e then lying without knowing it,
w tie and boy of the witness then came over and found
tne door of the barn o open; the barn was dark:
saw a hat lylng in the ba i rn, at d his wife rata It looked
likeinr. Deering's: drought it very strange, closed tne
door, and thought something strangest not seeing any
of the ham ent to the house and looked in the
~ .endow. and taw nobcciy; then went in the home
with John Gould. and found the doors - fastened: got is
through the north window; went to the kitchen and
examined the house all over, and found things in dirty
and disarranged condition; after that went home whit
his wife and Mr. Gould: the yard pYesented rather a
rough appearance; noticed the wagon in the wagon
house, hut did not see the meat; could not recognize
the prisoner, as he never was close to him; has heard
Deering say that be never kept much money about the
house; the ground aid not look as though any struggle
had taken place there; the hat was shown the witness
and recognized as the same kind he found in the barn-
Mrs. Jane Greene ell, sworn—Resides at Frankford
road and Lehigh avenue; knew Mr. Deering about one
year; he ben been in the habit of with wicneet;
told him six pounds of to eat,at fifteen cents per pound,
on Saturday morning: sold him the meat at nine
o'clock; he pulled out his watch, and mentioned that
he had to meet his niece at eleven o'clock; he did not
pay for the meat; took the meat for a tull Mrs. Green
well's husband owed Mr. Deering; no person was with
had o
he had the wagon with him, and said he
had to go to Mr. Mitchell !, and had not much time te
spare.
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Mr. John Gould, swornßesides with Mr. Wills, on
Jones's lane; knew Mr.Deering or tl,tir months; knew
Probst lock, saw Mr. Deering last Friday week, about
four o' crossing his meadow, in company with
Probst and the boy Cornelius; was talking to Mr.
Evart, who said that he had not seen Mr. Deering for
several days; was at work; sent for the witness on
Bsaturday, and went into the house; then made me tsct
that the Louse was empty, and Mr. Will and
witness went to the premises about 12 o'clock hot
Wednesday week. and looked all over without finding
anybcdy; after that came to llx. fence rail opposite the
barn door, which was open; prompted by curiosity he
went into the bArn and saw something that he thought
looked like a steeking,and found it to a human foot;
then witness went to Mr. Wills and said that a man
was there who was either dead or asleep; Mr Wills
and witness then went to the barn and found the tees
cold; neighbors were summon.d, and an evaminatiore
made, when the bodies of Deering and Elizabeth Do
lan were found, witness did not recognize Miss Dolan,
but did know Deering; air. Wills then went 43 not ify
the authoritles.and witness remained and kept watch;
the hay was I aken off the bodle, by witness and neigh
bors; the bodies were found with their throats cut,dtc-
Witntss here identified the clothing worn by Probst.
Mrs. Margaret Wilson sworn-Resides Stams
lane, below stone House lane; knew Mr. Der,eing bus
not Probst; saw air. Deering at half pasts o'clock on
Saturday morning, opposite Mcclellan street, on Se
cond; saw Mr. Deering's wagon there; saw Mr. Deer
ing get out of the wagon; Mr. Deering told witness he
had been to the boat to meet Miss Dolan, and had
rut. sea her; while witness and Deering were talking,.
Deering min "Here B ing down
my cousin now," and wit
flees saw her coming down the street; he said. "That's
h er; .T. know she is bewildeted, and Is asklug a l• dy
the way," witness said she had a dark satchel:in her
hand (satchel shown and identified); Deering then
turned up Second street to Moore; he Lien turned
down, and the woman got into the wagon,af'er which
witness saw no more of her; the woman who got into
the wagon had on a black dress and furs; this wets
about half-past nine or twenty minutes of ten; sue had
on a bonnet and her general appearance was dark
clothes; Deering said he was glad he had met her, or
he would have had to go home without her and then
go to Mr. Mitchell's.
lidr. Robert Wines, sworn—Resides in JohnsonS
lane; knew Mr. Deering. but have only seen Probst at
a distance; heard neighbor's say about nobody being
in Deering's house; examined the carriage and found
a piece of meat under the seat, which was decom
posing; this was Wednesday week; John Gould. about
the time he discovered the body, called witness. when
both went into the barn, and tound the feet orair..
Deering co' d; did not recogniie the body; after the CUE
etvery of the bodies witness mounted his horse to give
the authorities inf Tmation of what he had seen; after
be came back, while making an examination,with the
authorities, of the bat n, he made further search and
discovered. the bodies of Mrs. Deering and the
children.
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Officer Dawson Mitchell sworn.—Resides No. 427 -
Moore street, was at Deering's place next day after
the bodies wentund and found the b made the boy
Cornelieus ; to hayloft first and examina
tion without finding anytting; a woman then said that
a pair of draws and shirt were hanging near the
haystack (the witness here described the manner of
finding the boy Cornelius) the particulars of which
have been published; he found the axe about two feet
from the body, in a ditch, (The witnets here identi
fied the axe and Stated that when found it had hair
and blood on it)
Islvina Whitman, sworn—Resides No. 716 N. Front
street; rent a room there at font dollars per month;
house is kept by Christian Hoover; knew Probst; saw
him last Saturday night week at 8 o'cloCk; mnd to
the house alone ana went to the bar room, where wit—
ness joined him and they drank together; witness and
Probst Leaked together; Probst remained until twelve
o'clock, when witness went to bed: Probst stayed all
night with her and left at' seven o'clock in the morn
ing; gave wit n (whichee doPare; Probst had a gold and
a silver watch were shown to witness and Men
titled by her); saw no pocketbook; Probst paid wit
ness the money that night; Probst had a pistol with
him (pistol shown and Met tified);witness was never at
the house before nor since; Probst drank about Seven_
times; noticed that Probst had his right thumb cutoff.
Charles alight, sworn—Resides Co. 478 N. 'Third
street; is ajeweler; saw Probst last Wednesday Intern
; Probst said he hada watch for sale; said he wad
hard un, and wanted to sell the watch . " he offered to
sell it for Ss, and w itness said be wnul
give bun's;
said be
h to e ld eo wi ca t i
Probst sold wit- -
Pr n
:ta b s he ret conl u dla saY ve rb i rtigaZt witness f r gri.
gE. t, gtb tv :4 , a a a d fbr aft o e ri s n O o m u e a rgsin a
t Probst had his_ gri hit
thumb off, and be dhe lostithear Richmond; PrObsti.
aid. because ftoMWaltabut.
.[Tkis is themuch talked of sold watch which
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